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Trust crisis hits KFC’s sales – Shaun Rein
Chinese consumers expect foreign brands to be safer and better than domestic ones. But when that confidence is hurt, like happened after a government investigating into the poultry supply of KFC, damage can be huge, explains business analyst Shaun Rein in Bloomberg.Read More →
New US law focuses on China’s underground nuclear facilities – Wendell Minnick
A Pentagon authorization, turned into law on January 2, suggest to use traditional and nuclear options against China’s underground facilities for storing nuclear weapons, defense expert Wendell Minnick writes in Defense News.Read More →
German luxury cars: big for the next years – Rupert Hoogewerf
Crisis or no crisis, luxury cars are doing very well, also in China where the number of super-rich keeps on growing. China’s rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf bets on the country’s luxury market and especially German cars, he tells The National.Read More →
Private shopping: new approach for wealthy Chinese consumers – Paul French
Shopping in a secluded environment of private houses for sometimes personalized high-end items adds a new feature to the way how wealthy Chinese prefer to spend their money. Retail analyst Paul French comments in the Sydney Morning Herald on a new feature.Read More →
High speed train: pushing services and urbanization – Shaun Rein
Business analysts Shaun Rein comments at the BBC World Service at the launch of the world’s largest high-speed train connection between Beijing and Guangzhou: a symbol of the new policies focusing on improving consumption and urbanization.Read More →
Obesity in a previously hungry country – Paul French
Obesity has become a major problem in China, a country marred by a history of famine and poverty, tells author Paul French to the Washington Post. Part of China still suffers from hunger, while developed parts struggle with overweight.Read More →
Would China kill with its drones? – Wendell Minnick
There is no sign China will use its drones to kill, although the US is offering her a perfect excuse to do so, tells defense specialist Wendell Minnick in the Turkish Weekly. The new international weapon race.Read More →
Chinese emigration “a hot potato” – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rich Chinese are massively leaving China, obvious politically “a hot potato”, tells China’s rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf in The Telegraph. Although the effect might not be as devastating as the figures suggest.Read More →
China protectionism looms on trade talks – Shaun Rein
China and the US restart very soon their trade talks, traditionally marred by US complaints on how China manipulates its currency. Now, rising protectionism by state-owned companies offer a new stumbling block, says business analyst Shaun Rein at the BBC.Read More →
Get a European butler, the latest China trend – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s rich have just found another thing they love to have, the European butler, explains Hurun rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf to Aljazeera. But not for long, as Chinese butlers are getting European training too.Read More →
Working girls and police violence – Zhang Lijia
Officially prostitution is banned in China, but is booming business at the same time. Author Zhang Lijia is preparing a book on prostitution in China and describes on her weblog how police violence, and their bribes, is part of daily life for the working girls.
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The losing battle of China’s censors – Maria Korolov
China might have the most sophisticated system to censor the internet, they can only till a certain degree mold the information internet users are getting, writes internet analyst Maria Korolov in Internet Evolution.Read More →